Senior Manager Vocational Qualifications, Newport

Closing date:28 Nov 2017

Requests for alternative working patterns, including part time, job share and secondments, may be discussed at interview.

Salary and Benefits: Band 5 £48,650 - £56,900 per annumIn addition to salary we offer 30 days annual leave (in addition to public holidays and up to three days office closure at Christmas), flexible working arrangements and membership of the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

Hours of work: 37

Department: Vocational Qualifications

Reporting to: Associate Director Vocational Qualifications

Qualifications Wales is the independent regulator of qualifications and the qualification system in Wales and a Welsh Government Sponsored Body. We are responsible for ensuring that qualifications and the qualifications system are effective in meeting the reasonable needs of learners in Wales, and for promoting public confidence in these.

The Senior Manager Vocational Qualifications will work closely with the Associate Director Vocational Qualifications to develop, embed and deliver key aspects of Qualifications Wales’ strategy and policy for reforming and regulating vocational qualifications, particularly those used on publicly funded programmes of learning.

The post-holder will be responsible for developing strategic policy proposals and for drafting and editing high-profile reports and proposals in a public-policy context. The post-holder will be responsible for securing support and buy-in from senior management and from key external stakeholders as well as securing and analysing contributions from a range of other internal and external stakeholders.

The post holder will also act as a senior point of contact and representative on matters relating to vocational qualifications.

Closing date for applications: 28 November 2017 – middayInterviews will be held on 10 January 2018